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Fort Detrick was a bio weapons lab that has since closed but US has plenty more around the world, and likely, many that are undisclosed.
by qubit000 6y ago
Fort Detrick was a bio weapons lab that has since closed but US has plenty more around the world, and likely, many that are undisclosed.
- tim333 6y agoIt didn't close so much as rebrand as the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. I don't think the US has labs abroad but other countries such as the UK and Russia have mucked around with bioweapons research in the past. Probably China too as it has a general policy to keep up with the opposition.
- mcswell 6y agoFort Detrick and all other US bio weapons ceased research in offensive bioweapons in 1969. One reason is that bioweapons can't be controlled, as evidenced by the failure thus far to control this virus. So no, it's not likely that there are undisclosed US bio weapons research sites; that's just propaganda. While I don't trust the CCP a bit, I also doubt that China is pursuing bioweapons research, for the same reason: a bioweapon is too likely to backfire. If the covid-2 virus came from a lab in Wuhan, it's not because they were pursuing it as a potential bioweapon, it's because they--and others--wanted to understand how to protect against it.
- qubit000 6y agoFort Detrick was closed 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Detrick#2019_closure_and_resumption_of_operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Detrick#2019_closure_and_...
- infamia 6y agoThe link you posted states that bioweapons research stopped in 1969 (including at Ft. Detrick) as the grandparent stated.